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This GK Capsule has been prepared by Career Power Institute Delhi (Formerly Known as Bank Power). This
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iii. The issue emerged when the board of Induslnd Bank cleared
the extension of tenure of Romesh Sobti by another three years.
Romesh Sobti is M.D. and CEO of Induslnd Bank.
iv. However, the RBI allowed only a year's extension. The move
triggered speculation that the RBI wanted to fix the retirement
age at 65.
RBI board approves essential changes, introduces COO post
as proposed by Raghuram Rajan:
Note: i. RBI governor create the post of Chief Operating Officer
(COO), an executive whos likely to be made responsible for
executing the RBIs reform agenda.
ii. Rajan proposed to bring all aspects of RBI under 5 functional
departments to be supervised by 4 Deputy Governors and a
COO.
iii. The position of COO is likely to be at the deputy governor
level.
iv. Nachiket Mor is seen as the most likely candidate for the post
of COO. Mor is a former executive director of ICICI Bank and also
chaired the RBI panel on financial inclusion.
CAD narrowed down to 1.7 per cent of GDP in Q1 of 201415: RBI
Note: Current Account Deficit (CAD) of India narrowed down
sharply to 1.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the
Quarter 1 (Q1) of the fiscal year 2014-15 as compared to 4.8
percent in the Q1 of 2013-14.
RBI issues amendments to Basel 3 norms:
Unveiling a slew of amendments in the implementation of the Basel 3 regulations, the RBI said that banks must have a
provision of Point of Non-Viability (PONV) for every non-equity instrument which, when triggered, would lead to a
conversion to common shares (of the bank) or a permanent write-off.
iii. The regulator has reduced the minimum tenor after which call options are permissible in perpetual debt instruments
from 10 to 5 years.
iv. The minimum maturity of Tier 2 debt instruments has also been reduced from 10 to 5 years.
Basel-III Norms: According to Basel Committee on Banking Supervision "Basel III is a comprehensive set of reform
measures, developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk
management of the banking sector".
Note: Basel III raises the minimum required capital levels for both Tier 1 capital to 7.0 percent and Common Equity Tier 1
(CET1) capital to 5.5 percent.
Reserve Bank of India reduced free usage of other bank automated teller machines (ATMs) to 3 per month from 5:
Frequent withdrawal of money from ATMs will become expensive from November, with the RBI imposing a limit of 3
transactions per month from ATMs of other banks and 5 from the same bank in six metropolitan cities.
Note: A customer will be required to pay a fee of up to Rs 20 for using Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) beyond the
permitted numbers of transactions in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
RBI issued two new categories of banksSmall and Payments which can improve financial inclusion.
Important Points:
i. The idea of small and payments banks was first proposed by the Nachiket Mor committee on financial inclusion.
ii. The minimum paid-up capital requirement of both small banks and payments banks is Rs. 100 crore.
iii. The payments bank will have to invest in government securities with a maturity of up to one year.
iv. Small banks will offer both deposits as well as loan products.
ii. Payments banks will be used only for transaction and deposits purposes. Unlike small banks, payments banks cant
lend money to people.
iii. Payments Banks cannot set up subsidiaries to undertake NBFC business.
iv. Hence, payments banks will offer only a limited range of products such as acceptance of demand deposits and
remittance of funds.
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v. Those eligible to set up a small bank include resident individuals with 10 years of experience in banking and
finance, companies and societies, NBFCs, microfinance institutions and local area banks.
v. Of the minimum capital, the guidelines said, the promoters' initial minimum contribution will be at least 40 per cent, to
be locked in for a period of 5 years.
9. RBI issues guidelines for NBFCs on lending against shares.
Note: According to the guidelines applicable to NBFCs with asset size of Rs. 100 crore and above, the NBFCs have
to maintain a loan-to-value (of shares pledged) of 50 per cent and accept only Group 1 securities as collateral for
loans of a value more than Rs. 5 lakh.
10. RBI notified the increase in deposit money under Public Provident Fund, PPF to 1.5 lakh rupees from 1 lakh rupees.
11. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS),
an 'anytime anywhere' bill payment system:
The G. Padmanabhan Committee was formed by RBI to study the Feasibility of Implementation of GIRO-based Payment
Systems anticipated that around 30800 million bills amounting to more than 600000 crore rupees are paid each year in 20
Indian cities.
Note: i. Bharat Bill Payment System is intended for the implementation of a unified bill payment system across the
country.
This integrated bill payment system will comprise of two
entities:
i. Entity operating at Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) will
be setting up the standards related to payments, clearance and
settlement process
ii. Second entity would be Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units
(BBPOUs). It will be carrying out the operations in adherence to the standards fixed by BBPS.
iii. Authorised entities such as agents, banks, service providers, payment gateways would be the participants at the Bharat
Bill Payment System.
12. RBI tightened the Norms for asset reconstruction companies (ARC) to improve discipline and bring about
transparency in the sale and purchase of bad loans.
Note: Now, asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) will have to pay upfront 15 per cent of the bid value of nonperforming loans, against five per cent earlier.
ii. RBI said ARCs would get up to six months to plan recoveries from the non-performing assets acquired. Currently, ARCs
get about a year for this.
13. The Reserve Bank of India has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Monetary Authority of Hong Kong
for exchange of supervisory information.
14. RBI permits NBFCs to work as Business Correspondents of banks: With a view to achieve financial inclusion, the
Reserve Bank of India has allowed Non-Banking Finance Companies to operate as Business Correspondents (BCs) of
banks, permitting them to offer limited services. Banks will be allowed to work with non-deposit taking NBFCs as BCs.
Note: The RBI took into account recommendations of Nachiket Mor Committee while reviewing the existing guidelines
on the appointment of BCs
15. The Reserve Bank of India said banks should make all new ATMs installed from July 1, 2014 as talking ATMs with
Braille keypads.
16. Raghuram Rajan, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that plastic currency notes will be launched
in 2015 after field trials.
17. RBI panel headed by ex-Chairman of Axis Bank, P. J. Nayak recommend for diluting govt stake in public sector banks to
below 50 %. The government should cut its holding in public sector banks to under 50 per cent.
18. Reserve Bank of India granted banking licences to infrastructure financing firm IDFC and microfinance institution
Bandhan
Note: The in-principle approval will be valid for a period of 18 months during which the applicants have to comply with
the requirements under the guidelines and fulfil the other conditions as may be stipulated by the RBI.
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh: CMD of Bandhan financial services
Dr. Rajiv B. Lall: Chairman of IDFC Infrastructure Finance Company.
19. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the guidelines to allow the minors of age above 10 years to independently open and
operate savings bank accounts and use other facilities like ATM and cheque books.
20. RBI extended the timeline for full implementation of Basel III norms 31 March 2019 instead of 31 March 2018.
21. RBI extends date of exchanging pre-2005 notes to Jan 1, 2015
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Rail Tourism
Eco-Tourism and Education Tourism in Northeastern States.
Tourist Train from Gadag to Pandarpur via Bagalkot, Bijapur and Solapur covering the pilgrim and tourist places of
Karnataka and Maharashtra.
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Tourist Train from Rameshwaram covering pilgrim and tourist places like Bengaluru, Chennai, Ayodhya, Varanasi and
Haridwar.
Special Train featuring life and work of Swami Vivekananda
IT Initiatives including revamping reservation system
E-ticketing to support 7200 tickets per minutes to allow 1,20,000 simultaneous users.
Staff Welfare
Per capita contribution to Staff Benefit Fund increased from Rs 500 to Rs 800.
Speed of Trains
Bullet train proposed on identified Mumbai-Ahemdabad sector.
Setting up of Diamond Quadrilateral Network of High Speed Rail connecting major metros and growth centers of the
country; Rs100 cr provided for initiating the project.
Increasing of speed of trains to 160-200 kmph in select 9
sectors.
Trains
5 new Jansadharan trains to be introduced.
5 Premium and 6 AC trains to be introduced.
27 new Express trains to be introduced.
8 new passenger services, 5 DEMU services
2 MEMU services to be introduced and run of 11 trains to be extended.
FDI Limits
List of Limits in Various Sectors (In %)
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Defence
Raised to 49% from
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Pension
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Raised to 49% from
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Public Sec. Banks
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Private Sec. Banks
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Multi Brand
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Single Brand
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14. Dairy products major Mother Dairy and the State Bank of India announced the launch of the 'SmartChange Card' for
Mother Dairy booths in the National Capital Region.
15. Indian economy to grow at 5.5 percent in current fiscal, estimates ESCAP
16. Moody's Analytics released a report titled India outlook: Prospects Brighten
Note:. i. In the report, it stated that India's growth prospects brightened with growth rate expected to accelerate to 5.2 %
in 2014 and 6.5 % by end of 2015.
ii. The above forecast came following the GDP growth touching a level of 5.7 percent in April-June 2014 quarter.
17. Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) retains interest rate on provident fund at 8.75 percent for the current
fiscal.
18. Government notified minimum monthly pension of 1,000 rupees and a higher wage upper limit improvement to15,000
from 6,500 rupees for social security schemes run by retirement fund manager Employees Provident Fund Organisation.
19. Govt. to implement GST (Goods & Services Tax) new indirect tax regime from 1st April 2016.
20. WPI-based Inflation declined to 5-year low of 3.74 percent in
August
21. IndiGo has signed a $2.6 billion deal with Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) for the lender to finance
more than 30 new aircraft
22. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided $63.3-million
loan for improving urban services and strengthening municipal and project management capacity in North Karnataka
towns.
23. Supreme Court quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks which were allotted to various companies since 1993
and in which it was claimed that around Rs 2 lakh crores were invested.
Note: A bench, headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha, saved only four blocks--one belonging to NTPC and SAIL each and two
allocated to Ultra Mega Power Projects--from being cancelled.
24. Union Heavy Industry Ministry proposed to shut down six sick Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSEs).
i. The sick CPSEs include HMT Watches, HMT Barings, HMT Chinar Watch, Hindustan Photo Films, Hindustan Cables and
Tungbhadra Steel.
ii. Besides, the Ministry also proposed to revive 5 CPSEs. These CPSEs include HMT Machine Tools, Heavy Engineering
Corporation, NEPA, Nagaland Paper & Pulp Co; and Triveni Structurals.
25. India to contribute USD 12 million to UN to tackle Ebola
26. India's export growth slips to 2.35 % at 26.95 billion dollars in Aug.
27. Bangladesh to join BRICS Bank: Bangladesh has decided to join the newly formed BRICS Bank, an initiative of the world's
five emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
28. Import duty of sugar hiked from 15 to 25 per cent
29. ICICI Bank offers EMI on debit cards: ICICI Bank, the countrys largest private sector bank, has launched EMI (equated
monthly installments) facility on debit cards to enable its customers to convert their high value transactions into easy
installments.
Note: ICICI bank is the first in the country to introduce this facility,
30. Inflation at 5-month low of 5.19 per cent in July
31. According to a UN report Indian economy expected to grow by 5.5% in current fiscal.
32. The Securities and Exchange Board of India, SEBI has imposed a penalty of 13 crore rupees on Reliance Industries
Limited for alleged irregularities in issuance of warrants by the company to its promoters.
33. India Ratings & Research revised its FY15 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 5.7 per cent from its April
2014 forecast of 5.6 per cent.
34. World Bank to give $153 mn loan for Odisha project: India has inked a loan agreement with World Bank for assistance
of $153 million (about Rs 920 crore) for the Odisha Disaster Recovery Project.
35. Exim Bank has extended USD 46 million line of credit to Mauritius for financing goods and defence related vehicles
purchases.
36. World Bank has signed an agreement with the government to provide a loan assistance of USD 1,006.20 million for Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan III, which is the largest ongoing "Education for All" programme in the world.
37. FICCI and IDBI signed an MoU for easy access to organised finance facility at competitive interest rates for micro, small
and medium enterprise (MSME).
38. India became third-largest economy in 2011 from 10th in 2005: World Bank.
39. World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar,
Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
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40. World Bank will provide 50 million dollar assistance to Afghanistan to support the government's efforts to improve
access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises.
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K.V. Kamath panel: to examine the financial architecture for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector.
Gopalakrishna Committee: on Capacity Building in Banks and non-Banks
G N Bajpai Committee: to review the investment guidelines for national pension system (NPS) schemes in private sector.
Scientist Raghunath Anant Mashelkar panel: to recommend best technologies for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Swachh
Bharat" national sanitation campaign.
Note: The terms of reference include achieving Prime Minister Modi's "Swachh Bharat" goals by 2019,
T S R Subramanian Committee: to review five key green laws concerning protection and conservation of environment,
forest, wildlife, water and air among others.
H R Khan Committee: to examine the un-claimed amount in PPF, Post Office and Savings Schemes.
H Devaraj Committee: reported that most of the deemed universities are not fit for being a university.
Sivaramakrishnan Committee: to suggest the place to build the capital city of Andhra Pradesh
9. Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan to head the Expenditure Management Commission. The purpose of setting up the
commission is to cut-off the spending and review government expenditure to get maximum output.
10. Justice CS Dharmadhikari Committee: recommended complete ban on dance bars in hotels and restaurants .
11. R. Ramanujam Committee - to review, identify and recommend
amendment in obsolete laws to further smoothen and simplify
the governance.
12. R.K. Singh Committee: to review parliament security
13. Hari Gautam Committee: to review present status of University
Grant Commission
14. G. Padmanabhan Committee: implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS)
15. Nachiket Mor committee: for small and payments bank
16. Nachiket Mor Committee: to permits NBFCs to work as Business Correspondents of banks.
17. Deepak Mohanty Committee: on Data and Information Management in the Reserve Bank of India
18. PJ Nayak: to review Governance of Boards of Banks in India.
19. M P Bezbaruah: to suggest suitable remedial measures to address concerns regarding security of people from North East.
20. B. Sambamurthy: panel favours single mobile banking app on all SIMs. Panel recommended that customers should not be
required to visit the bank branch for mobile number registration.
21. Urjit Patel Committee - to examine the current monetary policy framework
22. Mukul Mudgal member panel to probe IPL spot-fixing
23. Nachiket Mor - committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households.
24. Bimal Jalan panel : to scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.
25. Parthasarathi Shome. for Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC)
26. Arvind Mayaram Panel: report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL)
27. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional
Investment (FII)
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ii. Also, if ones stay in India is going to exceed 180 days on any single visit, one needs to register within 30 days of the
expiry of 180 days with the concerned Foreigners Regional Registration Officer/Foreigners Registration Officer or local
police authorities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to visit India with a trade mission. Chris
Christie, a popular Republican politician and a 2016 presidential election aspirant.
In his address to the 69th UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) Prime Minister Modi called for celebration
of International Yoga Day on 21 June every year.
US to help in developing smart cities Allahabad (UP), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Vishakhapatnam (Andhra P.)
India and the US have agreed to cooperate on future explorations of Mars planet.
NASA & ISRO signed deal to conduct joint NASA - ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission.
India to participate in the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project, a global consortium institutions from the US, Candara,
Japan, India and China. It will be among worlds largest optical-infrared telescopes.
Visa-on-arrival to US nationals in 2015.
US-India Business Council members to invest over $41 billion in India over three years.
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Union Government declared 25 September as Antyodya Diwas. Antyodya diwas was observed to mark the 98th birth
anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
Chinas e-commerce giant Alibaba gets approval to set up
private bank in China
The Indian economy will grow at a rate of 5.6 per cent in 2014
according to United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD).
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's initial public offering (IPO) now
ranks as the world's biggest in history at $25 billion, after the ecommerce giant and some of its shareholders sold additional
shares. Jack Ma is the founder of Alibaba
Note: The IPO surpassed the previous global record set by
Agricultural Bank of China Ltd in 2010 when the bank raised
$22.1 billion.
The British aid worker, David Haines was in news as he was
beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants.
Bamiyan has been selected to be the SAARC cultural capital for
a year beginning April 2015. Dhaka will be the SAARC cultural
capital in 2016-17. The year 2016-17 will also be declared the
SAARC Year of Cultural Heritage.
World population will reach 11 billion by 2100 and it was highly
unlikely that global population will stabilize by the end of 2100
according to UN report.
KPMG-FICCI study has ranked India among top three medical
tourism destinations in Asia. The other two countries within Asia
that receive maximum medical tourists are Thailand and
Singapore.
According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (Antonio
Guterres) : number of people seeking refugee status in developed
nations has gone up by 24 percent in the first half of 2014.
ONGC to contribute Rs. 20.75 cr for the beautification and cleanliness of the Taj Mahal.
Note: ONGC has launched a Swachchha Smarak, Swachchha Bharat campaign to clean up memorials and heritage
places.
Auto Portal Cardekho acquired Gaadi.com for 11 million US dollar
Volcano Mount Ontake in Japan erupted killing more than 30 people and injuring as many people.
Sri Lanka won the backing of 22 nations in its battle against the UN's war crimes probe into the country's human rights
record during its brutal civil war.
Forbes India released The 100 Richest Indian List 2014: According to the Forbes India List, the Top 10 Richest people
of India:1. Mukesh Ambani; 2. Dilip Shanghvi; 3. Azim Premji; 4. Pallonji Mistry; 5. Lakshmi Mittal; 6. Hinduja brothers;
7. Shiv Nadar; 8. Godrej family; 9. Kumar Birla; 10. Sunil Mittal
Note: Mukesh Ambani topped the list for the eighth consecutive year with a net worth of 23.6 billion US dollars.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair named "gay icons" in recognition of his work for gay rights.
Emami biotech acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi. The deal is estimated to be worth around 20 crore rupees. This is Emami's
second acquisition in three months and with this deal Emami makes entry into vanaspati segment.
US to pay 500 million US dollar in compensation to Native American Navajo tribe ending decades-old disputes over use of
their land,
Note: i. In return, the tribe will not claim lawsuits over US management of Navajo resources and funds.
ii. The sum is the largest ever paid by the United States to a single tribe, according to The Washington Post.
iii. The Navajo reservation, straddling the western states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, is the largest in the United
States, covering around 70,000 square miles (181,299 square kilometers).
iv. The Navajos are the largest indigenous tribe in the United States with more than 300,000 members.
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the top dairy organisations in the world in the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) a global dairy knowledge
organisation.
Note: India is the largest producer of milk in the world
Adani Mining took a step closer to the development of Australian $2.2 billion ($1.94 billion) coal mining project in
Australia after the federal government approved construction of a rail haulage line.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be conferred with honorary doctorate degree by the Dr Nelson Mandela School of Public
Policy of the university.
Search giant Google launched a new social campaign in association with Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtars
initiative MARD, to increase internet literacy among women in the country.
NASAs MAVEN spacecraft enters Mars orbit to study how the Red Planets climate changed over time from warm and wet
to cold and dry.
Achin and Sarthak Narula Brothers won 7 crore rupees in
Season 8 of Kaun Banega Crorepati
Note: The tagline for the season 8 of the show is Yahan Sirf
Paise Nahi, Dil Bhi Jeete Jate Hain.
Keeping a tradition alive, President Xi Jinping meets family of Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis
Note: i. Dr. Kotnis went to China in 1937 as part of an Indian medical mission after China was invaded by Japan. He served
on the battlefield and saved lives of many Chinese soldiers. After working for four years in China, he fell ill and died at a
young age of 32.
India and China agreed to establish a Joint Working Group to promote facilitation in the film sector.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), along with Ten Sports channel, will invest over $100 million ( Rs 600 crore) in
the Indian sporting related entertainment market, according to sources.
Coca-Cola India has launched its zero sugar soft drink Coca-Cola Zero in line with its strategy to make India its fifth
largest market by 2020.
Urban Development Ministry and the Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation have agreed on a partnership to promote user
friendly toilets to ensure universal sanitation in the country
Scotland has rejected independence and decided to stay with United Kingdom. In a referendum that threatened to
break up 307 years union between them, 55 percent Scottish people polled NO vote and 45 percent yes vote to a simple ,
Should Scotland be an independent country?
World's first water-based nuclear battery developed in Missouri
Note: The battery uses a radioactive isotope called strontium-90 that boosts electro-chemical energy in a water-based
solution.
ii. Betavoltaics, a battery technology that generates power from radiation, has been studied as an energy source since
the 1950s
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp acquired healthcare IT services provider TriZetto Corp for 2.7 billion US dollars. The
acquisition is aimed at boosting the healthcare business of Cognizant.
Microsoft Corp acquired the Swedish video game company Mojang for 2.5 billion US dollars.
The government launched an electronic toll collection (ETC) programme in the country under the brand name "FASTag".
Note: i. According to the Ministry of Road and Highways, ETC (an electronic toll collection) entails payment of highway
tolls electronically without needing to halt the vehicle at the toll plazas.
ii. The ministry has roped in ICICI bank and Axis bank for providing central clearing house (CCH) services and to distribute
RFID (radio-frequency identification) based "FASTag" through their franchises at points of sales near the toll plazas.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has emerged as the leading varsity in the world
Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the construction of the 1.4 billion dollar Colombo Port City in Sri Lanka
Doordarshan celebrates 55 years of existence: Doordarshan made a modest beginning in India on 15th September
1959, when the first experimental centre at Delhi with a small transmitter was inaugurated by the then President
Rajendra Prasad.
India may become fifth largest exporter by 2030: HSBC report
Note: The report says, UAE is likely to remain top export destination for India till 2030, and China is forecast to emerge as
the second largest export market, displacing the US by 2030.
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15. Goa became a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
16. DMRC observed World Green Building Week from 22 September 2014 to 27 September 2014. The Delhi Metro has decided
to design all its phase-III stations as green buildings.
17. Delhi Police to launch its first e-police station to deal with vehicle thefts
18. West Bengal cabinet cleared farmer-friendly project Sech-Bandhu Prakalpa to boost irrigation
19. Bihar government recognised transgender as third gender
20. Uttarakhand Government declared 9 September as Himalaya Diwas
21. PM announces J&K floods National Disaster, declares additional aid of Rs 1,000 crore
22. 6th Economic Census Report: Arunachal Pradesh has the highest proportion of hired workers among all Arunachal
Pradesh
23. Union Cabinet approved Telecom Development Plan for the North-Eastern Region. The proposal entails an estimated cost
of over Rs 5,336 crore.
24. Andhra gets new capital, to be located in Vijayawada region.
Note: Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated to create a new state of Telangana earlier this year in June. Hyderabad will serve as
the shared capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for another 10 years until 2024. After that, Hyderabad will belong to
the new state of Telangana.
25. About newly formed Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states
Chief Minister and his party Andhra Pradesh - C. Chandrababu Naidu Telugu Desham Party
(TDP)
Telengana - K. Chandrshekhar rao Telangana Rastra Samiti
Governor - ESL Narsinhman(Same for both)
Secretariat Hyderabad(Same for both)
Capital - Greater Hyderabad(Same for both)
Population
Andhra Pradesh - 5 cr Telengana - 3.5 cr
Area
Andhra Pradesh
1.6 lakh sq km
Telengana
1.14 lakh sq km
Shares border with these states
Andhra Pradesh - Tamilnadu, karnataka, Odisha,Telengana
Telengana Karnataka,Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Odisha,Andhra Pradesh
26. The country's first First kisan mandi outside is to set up at Alipur in north Delhi.
Note: This first such mandi, termed a 'kisan mandi', is being set up by the Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium
(SFAC), a body under the Union ministry of agriculture.
27. Karnataka became first state in India to launch Health Adalat.
Note: It was launched to address health issues at the grassroots level and ensure that all health facilities extended by the
government reached all sections of society.
28. Ancient Nalanda University, was formally inaugurated in its modern avatar by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
in Rajgir.
Note: Nalanda University Vice-Chancellor - Gopa Sabharwal
Chairman of the Governing Body of the university - Economist Amartya Sen
iii. Centre allocates over Rs. 2700 cr for Nalanda University
29. First private wildlife corridor to come up in Madhya Pradesh: With an aim to develop countrys first private wildlife
corridor between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserve, telecom major Vodafone and Grow-Trees.com will plant 3,00,000
saplings under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.
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Syed Muazzem Ali new Bangladesh Envoy to India. He replace Tariq A. Karim
Rajiv appointed acting Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). He replace Pradeep Kumar
Hemant Contractor New Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory Fund and Development Authority (PFRDA).
O. Panneerselvam: new chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He replace J. Jayalalithaa
Note: He is 28th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
5. Justice HL Dattu: new Chief Justice of India. He replace CJI RM Lodha
6. Le Yucheng appointed China's New Ambassador to India. He replace replaced Wei Wei
7. P Sathasivam appointed new Governor of Kerala. He replace Sheila Dikshit
8. Lalitha Kumaramangalam appointed new chief of the National Commission for Women (NCW). She replaces Mamta
Sharma.
9. K.K. Paul, Governor of Meghalya take additional charge of Manipur, Mizoram
10. Narendra Ambwani elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
11. BJP veteran L.K. Advani appointed as the chairman of the prestigious Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha.
12. Shah Rukh Khan appointed Ambassador of Interpols initiative Turn Back Crime campaign, aimed at promoting greater
awareness on how to prevent crime.
13. Adil Zainulbhai appointed as the Chairman of Quality Council of India (QCI).
14. Amit Mathew elected as chairman of Audit Bureau of
Circulations
15. Suresh Prabhu appointed as PM Narendra Modis Sherpa for
the Group of 20 annual Summit 2014.
Note: The G-20 annual summit will be held in Brisbane from 15
November to 16 November 2014.
ii. Suresh Prabhu will attend the G20 Sherpas meeting that is going to be held in Canberra, Australia from 30 September to
1 October 2014.
iii. Sherpa is a senior official responsible for preparing the agenda for leaders to consider during the summit.
16. India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma appointed as the president of News Broadcasting Association
17. Former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai appointed Vice Chairman of Tata Steel
18. Hardeep Singh Puri appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM)
19. RN Ravi appointed as new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee.
Note: Intelligence Committee is a body tasked to assess intelligence gathered by various intelligence agencies including IB
and RAW.
20. Chandrakala Padia appointed as first women chairperson of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS).
21. C.S.Verma elected as First President of Indian Steel Association.
New governors appointed
1. Kalyan Singh new Governor of Rajasthan
2. Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala - new Governor of Karnataka
3. Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao - new Governor of Maharashtra
4. Mridula Sinha - new Governor of Goa
5. Ram Naik: new Governor of Uttar Pradesh. He replaces B.L. Joshi
6. Balramji Dass Tandon: new Governor of Chhattisgarh.
7. Keshari Nath Tripathi: new Governor of West Bengal.
8. Om Prakash Kohli: new Governor of Gujarat.
9. Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya: new Governor of Nagaland.
10. Kaptan Singh Solanki: new Governor Haryana. He replaces Jagannath Pahadia
22. T M Bhasin: New Chairman of Indian Banks Association. He replaces KR Kamath.
23. K V Thomas: new Chairman of Parliaments Public Accounts Committee.
24. Ravi Shastri appointed as the Director of Indian Cricket Team
25. Rajni Razdan takes over as new UPSC chief. She replaced Prof. D P Agrawal
26. Adille Sumariwala Chef-de-Mission for Asian Games
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27. K.V. Chowdary appointed as new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He succeed R K Tewari
28. S. S. Mundra: New RBI deputy Governor. He replaces KC Chakrabarty
29. Arvind Gupta appointed Deputy National Security Advisor
30. Aditya Vardhan Agarwal, new Vice-President of Indian Chamber of Commerce
31. Lt Gen Philip Campose takes over as Army Vice Chief
32. Justice Dr. Chellur sworn in as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
33. Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev will head the Arjuna Awards selection committee for choosing this year's
outstanding sportspersons of the country
34. Former Hockey Captain Ajitpal Singh to head Dronacharya Award Selection Committee
35. Ravi Shankar joined infrastructure finance company IDFC as the head of Bharat Banking.
Note: IDFC, which recently bagged a commercial banking licence, plans to start bank operations by October next year.
36. Sania Mirza: Brand Ambassador of Telangana
37. IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Note: Prime Minister has 2 private secretaries one should be from IAS and one from IFS.
38. Shankar Aggarwal: new Urban Development Secretary
39. Y Sudharshan Rao appointed as Chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
40. Satish Upadhyay : takes charge as Delhi BJP chief
41. Shaktikanta Das: appointed as New Revenue Secretary. He replace Rajiv Takru.
42. Rajeev Topno: appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
43. Vishal Sikka: appointed New CEO of Infosys.
44. B Ashok: appointed New IOC Chairman. He replaces R S Butola.
45. A.K. Dubey: appointed as Chairman of Coal India Limited
46. Sirikonda Madhusudhana : First speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly.
47. S L Bhojegowda: elected Vice-Chairman of Bar Council of India.
48. Narendra Damodardass Modi sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of the country.
The list of Cabinet Ministers includes:
49. Rajnath Singh: Home Minster
50. Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs & Overseas Indian Affairs
51. Arun Jaitley: Finance Corporate Affairs & Defence
52. M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs
53. Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways Shipping + Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water
and Sanitation
Note: Nitin Jairam Gadkari given additional charge of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and
Sanitation as Gopinath Munde died in Road accident.
54. D.V. Sadananda Gowda: Railways
55. Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
56. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs
57. Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
58. Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
59. Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development
60. Ananthkumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers
61. Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology & Law and Justice
62. Ashok Gajapathi Raju: Civil Aviation
63. Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
64. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries
65. Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines & Steel Labour and Employment
66. Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs
67. Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture
68. Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment
69. Smriti Zubin Irani: Human Resource Development
70. Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare
71. Sumitra Mahajan: new Lok Sabha Speaker
72. Chandrababu Naidu sworn-in as First Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
73. K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was sworn in as its first Chief Minister of Telangana
74. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been appointed on the Board of Governors of Philippines-based Asian Development
Bank (ADB).
75. Mallikarjun Kharge elected leader of Congress in Lok Sabha.
76. Nripendra Mishra appointed Principal Secretary to PM
77. Mukul Rohatgi appointed 14th New Attorney-General of India. He replace G.E. Vahanvati
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5. IBSA Summit: India will host the next summit of IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) in New Delhi in 2015.
6.G 8 Summit:
G-8 Countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain and the US
40th G-7 summit 2014 held at Brussels.
Note: It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit. The summit is jointly represented by the European
Council President Herman van Rompuy and the European Commission President.
7. SAARC Summit: 18th SAARC 2014- Kathmandu (Nepal)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Headquarter - Kathmandu (Nepal)
Members 8 India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (MBA IN BSP)
8. BIMSTEC Summit
3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar)
4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal.
Note: BIMSTEC (Bay of Bangal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)
BIMSTEC includes 7 countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal and aims to create
cooperation in multiple sectors including trade, investment and
energy.
OTHERS SUMMIT
1. G-4 foreign minister meeting held in New York to discuss
Security Council reform
Note: G -4 countries include- India, Brazil, Germany and
Japan
2. UN Climate Change Summit 2014 held in New York
3. 13th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held for the first time in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
4. World Economic Forum held in Tianji (China)
5. Kerala to host Global Agro meet and an exhibition on hi-tech agriculture and food processing at Kochi
6. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the first ever India Investment meet in Bahrain capital Manama
7. 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting held in New Delhi. BASIC - (Brazil, South Africa, India and China)
Note: 17th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in Hanzghou, China
8. ASEAN foreign-minister-meeting held in Myanmar
9. Fifth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue held in New Delhi during which the two sides discussed transformative initiatives in key
areas of security and energy.
10. 3rd India-Africa Summit be held in New Delhi
11. 6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO-2014 held in Moscow
Important Organisation
1. United Nation (UN) is an intergovernmental organization established on 24 October 1945 to promote international
co-operation.
Headquarter New York , Head Ban ki-moon Member - South Sudan new member country . Total 193 members
2. WTO (World Trade Org.) Yemen new member country. Total 160 members.
Headquarter Geneva, Switzerland,
Head - Roberto Azevdo
3. World Bank - The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution that provides loans to developing
countries for capital programs.
Headquarter - Washington D.C. (United States)
President Jim Yong Kim
Member - South Sudan new member country. Total 188 members
4. IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that was initiated in 1944 at the Bretton
Woods Conference and formally created in 1945 by 29 member countries.
Headquarter Washington DC . (United States)
President Christine Lagarde
Member - South Sudan new member country. Total 188 members
5. European Union Croatia new member country. Total 28 member countries.
Headquarter Brussels, Belgium
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Points To Remember:
India deal with Australia
1. India signs civil nuclear agreement with Australia
Note: Australia will provide supply of uranium, production of radio isotopes, nuclear safety and other areas of
cooperation to India.
Apart from the civil nuclear deal signed between India and Australia, the two countries also inked three more pacts. Other
three pacts were
i. MOU on cooperation in Sport
ii. Renewal of MOU on cooperation in the field of Water Resources Management
iii. MoU on Cooperation in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Note: Australia as a nation has about a third of the worlds recoverable uranium resources and it exports nearly seven
thousand tonnes of uranium in a year. This was Australias first nuclear deal with a Non-Nuclear, Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT) signatory country.
ii. Earlier such deal was banned because India is not a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, NPT
New Colombo Plan: Australian PM Tony Abbott PM launched the 'New Colombo Plan' at the Mumbai University.
Note: i. The New Colombo Plan is a concept of collective inter-governmental efforts to strengthen the economic and social
development of member countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
ii. Canberras New Colombo Plan aims at lifting knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in Australia by supporting Australian
undergraduates to study in India.
Plan involves
Scholarship programme for study up to one year
Internships or mentorships
A flexible mobility grants programme for short- and long-term study
The plan will be implemented from the next academic year.
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3. The Tagline Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Aur was given by Ms.Bhagyasri Sheth of Rajkot, Gujarat emerged successful
in the contest for Tagline for the Logo.
4. PM Narendra Modi appointed bollywood actor Aamri Khan as the Brand Ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission
5. Prime Minister roped 9 celebrities including cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor,
industrialist Anil Ambani, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Kamal Haasan, Goa governor Mridula Sinha, yoga guru
Ramdev and the team of TV serial "Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chashma".
Prime Minister launches 'Make in India' global initiative with an aim to boost India`s manufacturing sector.
Union Government launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana for urban and rural poor
Note: i. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana has two components one for urban India and other for rural India.
ii. The Urban component will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
iii. Rural component named as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana will be implemented by the Union
Ministry of Rural Development.
Main Highlights of the Urban Scheme
i. Imparting skills with an expenditure of 15000 rupees to
18000 rupees on each urban poor
ii. Enabling urban poor form Self-Help Groups for meeting
financial and social needs with a support of 10000 rupees per
each group who would in turn would be helped with bank
linkages.
Main Poins of the Rural Scheme
i. The Yojana aims at training 10 lakh (1 million) rural youths for jobs in three years, that is, by 2017.
ii. The minimum age for entry under the Yojana is 15 years compared to 18 years under the Aajeevika Skills Programme.
iii. The skills imparted under the Yojana will now be benchmarked against international standards and will complement
the Prime Ministers Make In India campaign.
Union Ministry of Science & Technology announces KIRAN( Knowledge, Involvement, Research, Advancement through
Nurturing) scheme for Women Scientists
Objectives:i. To increase the number of women researchers in India.
ii. Provide Research grants particularly to those female researchers and technologists who had to take a break in career
owing to household reasons.
iii. Bring about, as far as achievable, gender parity in the field of science and technology.
Government will soon launch Universal Health Assurance Mission to provide affordable health services to people.
Under the mission about 50 essential drugs with a diagnostic package and 30 AYUSH drugs will be made available to all
citizens at government hospitals and health centers across the country.
Bhamashah Financial Empowerment Scheme Government of Rajasthan
The Government of Rajasthan has embarked upon Bhamashah Financial Empowerment Scheme, (BFES) whereby the
Government will deposit Rs.1500/- into the savings accounts of 50 lakh rural families belonging to Below Poverty Line
(BPL)
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana: RSBY started rolling from 1st April 2008.
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Note: The objective of the scheme is to award interest subsidy to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker
sections of the notified minority communities so as to provide opportunities for higher education abroad and enhance
their employability.
16. Government has launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission to promote conservation and development of indigenous breeds
in a focused and scientific manner.
The mission aims at enhancing milk production, upgrading non-descript cattle using elite indigenous breeds and distribute
disease free high genetic bulls.
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11. China awarded China Book Award to JNU professor Priyadarsi Mukherji
Note: Priyadarsi Mukherji was honoured in recognition of his long-term contribution to the translation and publication of
Chinese works.
12. Oxford Award: Dr Mrunalinidevi Puar, Chancellor of Maharaja Sayajirao University at Vadodara, has been conferred with
the "Best Manager" award by the Oxford Summit of Leaders (Science and Education) in UK,
Note: Dr Mrunalinidevi Puar is known for her research in availability of zinc in Indian food and was also awarded PhD by a
Hyderabad based university,
13. Vinod Mehta eminent journalist and Editorial Chairman of Outlook group, was selected for G K Reddy Memorial Award
2014.
14. Indian Telugu Actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao became the
first Indian actor to be honoured with a postage stamp
by the US Post Service
15. US actor Harry Belafonte to receive Jean Hersholt
Humanitarian Oscar Award
16. Maryam Mirzakhani: Iran's first woman to win prestigious
math prize known as the Field Medal, the International Congress of Mathematicians. Maryam Mirzakhani, a Harvard
educated mathematician and professor at Stanford University in California
17. Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has bestowed the ICSI Life Time Achievement Award 2013 for Excellence
in Corporate Governance to HCL Founder and Chairman Shiv Nadar.
18. Guru Hanuman Akhara, a Delhi-based wrestling academy was chosen for the 2014 Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
(RKPP) .
Note: The Akhara was chosen in the category of establishment and management of sports academies of excellence.
19. Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award: Muzaffar Ali, a noted filmmaker of India was selected for Rajiv Gandhi
National Sadbhavana Award. His name was selected for his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of Communal
harmony, peace and goodwill.
Note: i. This will be the 22nd edition of the Sadbhawna award. Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was recipient of the
21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award.
20. Ramon Magsaysay Award 2014
The list of awardees included six winners among five individuals and one organization from Pakistan.
i. Hu Shuli: She is a Chinese investigative journalist.
ii. Saur Marlina Manurung: She is being recognized for her ennobling passion to protect and improve the lives of
Indonesias forest people, and her energizing leadership of volunteers in SOKOLAs customized education program.
iii. Omara Khan Masoudi from Afghanistan: He is being recognized for his courage, labor, and leadership in protecting
Afghan cultural heritage.
21. Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman mountaineer to scale Mount Everest was conferred with Bharat Gaurav, the
highest honour of merit of East Bengal Club.
22. Environmentalist and social activist Chandi Prasad Bhatt has been awarded the prestigious Gandhi Peace prize for 2013.
23. AIMA ( All India Management Association) Awards: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, CMD of Bandhan won Entrepreneur of the
Year award
M G George Muthoot, Chairman, Muthoot Group (Emerging Business Leader of the Year), N Chandrasekaren, CEO &
Managing Director, TCS (Indian MNC of the Year), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Film Producer, Director of Bhaag, Milkha
Bhaag (Director of the Year) and S. S. Badrinath, Founder and Chairman, Emeritus of Sankara Nethralaya (Outstanding
Institution Builder).
24. Jnanpith Award 2013: Noted Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013.
He will be the recipient of the 49th Jnanpith award.
25. Pen Pinter prize 2014: Salman Rushdie wins Pen Pinter prize for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom
of expression.
26. World Food Prize 2014: India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been named the winner of the World Food Prize
for his breakthrough achievement in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 million tonnes following the
Green Revolution.
27. Moortidevi Award 2013: C Radhakrishnan selected for Moortidevi Award 2013. He has been selected for his
novel Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram.
Note: i. Radhakrishnan is the second Malayalam writer to be awarded with the Moortidevi award. The first Malayalam
author to win the award was Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri in 2009 for his selected poems.
ii. Haraprasad Das was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012 for 'Vamsha, a poetic recreation of the Mahabharata
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28. Sudarsan Pattnaik won prize at World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014. He won prize for his work Save Tree, Save the
Future.
29. Malala Yousafzai wins Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia.
30. France honour Shahrukh Khan with Legion of Honour
Note: The award of Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour) is the highest honour among Civilians
and Military bestowed by France on French citizen as well as foreigners.
31. Gro Harlem Brundtland awarded with the first Tang Prize in sustainable development.
32. Former TATA Group Chairman Ratan Tata received an honorary doctor of laws degree from York University in
Toronto, Canada.
33. Indian origin physicist Tejinder Virdee was honoured knighthood Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II. He was awarded for
his work on the Higgs Boson theory.
34. Lifetime Achievement Award: Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has been honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award by a UK-based business association for his outstanding contribution to the industry, education and
philanthropy.
35. Goldman Prize for environmental activist Ramesh Agrawal. He received the prize for helping villagers fight coal mining
in Chhattisgarh.
36. Caparo Group founded by leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has won the International Business of the Year
award 2014
37. Golden Peacock Awards 2014: Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) was chosen for the Special
Commendation at the Golden Peacock National Training Awards 2014.
38. Pulitzer Prize 2014: India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category
for his work '3 Sections'.
39. Donna Tartt wins fiction Pulitzer Prize 2014 for novel 'Goldfinch'
40. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013: Eminent Gandhian and environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhat selected for the award.
Note: A pioneer of the Chipko Movement for which he was also awarded the Magsaysay Award in 1982, Mr. Bhatt was
given the Padma Bhushan by UPA-I in 2005.
41. Saraswati Samman 2013: Govind Mishra selected for for his book Dhool Paudho Par.
42. Pritzker Prize 2014: Japanese architect Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014. He won the award for his
creative and inexpensive designs for disaster relief shelters.
43. Abel Prize 2014: Russian mathematician Yakov Grigorevich Sinai won the award.
44. Laxmi, an acid attack victim gets International Women of Courage Award (US honour).
45. Vyas Samman 2013: Vishwanath Tripathi been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013.
Note: Tripathi has been chosen for his memoir 'Vyomkesh Darvesh', a biolgraphy of noted Hindi scholar Acharya Hazari
Prasad Dwivedi.
Padma Awards 2014:
Prof Lloyd I Rudolph, Literature and Education, USA
Padma Vibhushan
1. Dr Raghunath A Mashelkar: Science and Engineering,
Padma Shri
Maharashtra
Mohammad Ali Baig, Art-Theatre, Andhra Pradesh
2. B K S Iyengar: Yoga, Maharashtra
Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra
Padma Bhushan
Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art-Painting, Gujarat
Anjum Chopra, Sports-Cricket, Delhi
Begum Parveen Sultana, Art-Classical Singing, Maharashtra
Sunil Dabas, Sports-Kabbadi, Haryana
T.H. Vinayakram, Art-Ghatam Artist, Tamil Nadu
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports-Mountaineering,
Kamal Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu
Delhi
Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs, Delhi
Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports-Squash, Tamil Nadu
Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education, Uttarakhand
H Boniface Prabhu, Sports-Wheelchair Tennis, Karnataka
Pullela Gopichand, Sports-Badminton, Andhra Pradesh
Yuvraj Singh, Sports-Cricket, Haryana
Leander Paes, Sports-Tennis, Maharashtra
Mamta Sodha Sports-Mountaineering, Haryana
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Person in News:
1. Ian Edmondson: A former news editor at Rupert Murdochs now-defunct tabloid News of the World admitted to hacking
phones of celebrities.
2. L Sarita Devi: Indian boxer L Sarita Devi refused to accept the bronze medal at Asian Games 2014.
Note: AIBA (All India Boxing Association)ban Sarita Devi and opened disciplinary case against her.
3. J Jayalalithaa: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister convicted under prevention of corruption act by a special court in Bangalore.
She has been given a jail term of 4 years by the bangalore special court and slapped a fine of 100 crores
Note: i. Special Judge John Michael D'Cunha convicted AIADMK Chief in a case of owning assets to the tune Rs 66,65 crores
disproportionate to her known sources of income during 1991-96 when she was chief minister for the first time.
ii. Jayalalithaa, 66, will now lose MLA's post and disqualified from public office for next 6 years.
4. Alok Shetty: A 28-year-old Indian architect has been named young leader of tomorrow byTime magazine for his
pioneering work in designing affordable flood-proof houses for slum dwellers.
5. Richard Rahul Verma: US President nominates as next US envoy to India
6. Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived Chennai to launch of Vikram-starrer I.
7. Akkineni Nageswara Rao Legendary Telugu Actor Akkineni Nageshwar Rao became the first actor to be honored with a
postage stamp by the US Service.
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Resign/Retired
B Muthuraman, Vice-Chairman of Tata Steel retired from the Board of the company
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has resigned
Pankaj Advani announced to retire from professional snooker
Li Na: 2-time Grand Slam winner China player Li Na retires from tour
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Note: she won the 2011 French Open, and Australian Open title
5. Vinod Kumar Duggal: Vinod Kumar Duggal resigned as
Manipur Governor
6. Sheila Dikshit: Kerala governor resigned
7. K Sankaranarayanan: Maharashtra governor resigned
8. Kamla Beniwal: Mizoram Governor removed
9. Dipa Karmakar became first Indian woman gymnast to win
medal in Commonwealth Games
10. Nehchal Sandhu: Deputy National Security Adviser resigned
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OBITUARY
1. Uppalapu Srinivas: Renowned Mandolin exponent passed away
Note: Srinivas (45), popularly known as 'Mandolin Srinivas', is a renowned mandolin player of South Indian Carnatic
music.
2. Educationist Kireet Joshi died
3. Jitendra Chandra Paul: Freedom Fighter and Journalist died
4. Mohammad Ghouse: Former International cricket umpire died
5. Shankar Baruah : Ex-Assam DGP commit suicide
Note: His suicide came after CBI raided his residence during the course of investigation of multi-crore Saradha chit fund
case. CBI raided his house on 28 August 2014.
6. Dr. Noel W. Hinners: Former NASA Scientist died
7. Joan Rivers: US comedian and TV host dies
8. Goolam E. Vahanvati: Former Attorney General of India died
9. Maya Rao: Renowned Kathak dancer died.
10. Bipin Chandra: Noted historian passes away
11. Norman Gordon: South African fast bowler oldest surviving Test cricketer at 103 years old, passed away
12. Sattiraju Lakshminarayana, , the artist, filmmaker, humourist popularly known as Bapu, passed away in Chennai,
13. Richard Attenborough: Gandhi' filmmaker dies at 90
14. UR Anantha Murthy: Eminent Kannada writer passes away. Anantha Murthy, a writer and critic, was considered one of the
pioneers of the Navya movement in Kannada literature.
15. BKS Iyengar: World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the Iyengar School of Yoga BKS Iyengar passed away
16. Robin Williams: Oscar Winning Actor died
17. Lauren Bacall: Hollywood icon dead at 89
18. Hashim Khan: Squash Legend of Pakistan died
19. Cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, creator of iconic Chacha Chowdhury, dead
20. Robert Drew: Pioneer of Cinema documentarian dies at 90
21. Sundaram Sankaran: Veteran journalist died at 87
22. Sushilarani Patel, the renowned classical singer of India died
23. Madhukar Singh, an eminent Hindi litterateur died
24. J. Sasikumar: Malayalam filmmaker passes away.
25. Nadine Gordimer: South Africas Nobel-winning novelist dies
26. Zohra Sehgal: Veteran Bollywood actress Zohra Sehgal known for her jovial roles in films like Dil Se, Kal Ho Naa Ho, VeerZaara, Cheeni Kum and Saawariya passed away. She was 102.
27. Granville Austin, the eminent scholar of the Indian Constitution died in Washington DC.
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ASIAN GAMES 2014 Incheon (South Korea): The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII (17th edition) of Asiad
Games.
Mascot of the Asian Games 2014 is the Harbour Seal Siblings - Barame, Chumuro and Vichuon means wind,
dance and light in Korean language.
The theme of the 2014 Asian Games is Meet Asias Future.
Motto Diversity Shines: Here.
Note: Sardar Singh, captain of the mens hockey team is the Indian contingents flag bearer at 17th Asian Games
Next Asian Games 2018 will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Note: Vietnam had originally been picked to host the 18th Games in 2019, but withdrew blaming fallout from an
economic crisis. Indonesia immediately became favourites to host the 2018 Asian Games.
Note: i. China topped in the medal tally in Asian Games.
ii. India finished at 8th position in the 2014 Asian Games with 57 medals tally comprising 11 gold, 10 silver and 36
bronze.
iii. Kosuke Hagino of Japan (Swimmer) is announced as the most valuable player.
iv. Hammer thrower Manju Bala's medal was upgraded from bronze to silver after a Chinese competitor Zhang Wenxiu
who finished ahead of her was caught for doping.
v. Zhang Wenxiu is the sixth athlete to be kicked out of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea for doping and the
second gold medal-winner after Malaysia's wushu champion Tai Cheau Xuen..
Total
1. China
151
108
83
342
2. South Korea
79
71
84
234
3. Japan
47
76
77
200
4. Kazakahistan
28
23
33
84
8. India
11
10
36
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3. BADMINTON (1 Bronze)
Bronze: 1. Ashwini Ponnappa, PC Thulasi, Tanvi Uday, Pradnya Gadre, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Sikki Reddy in
Women's Team
4. BOXING (1 Gold, 4 Bronze)
Gold: 1. MC Mary Kom in Women's Fly (48-51kg)
Bronze: 1.Vikas Krishan in Men's Middle (75kg)
2. Satish Kumar in Men's Super Heavy (+91kg)
3. L Sarita Devi in Women's Light (57-60kg)
4. Pooja Rani in Women's Middle (69-75kg)
5. HOCKEY (1 Gold, 1 Bronze)
Gold: Men's Team
Bronze: Women's Team
6. KABADDI (2 Gold)
Gold: Men's Team, Women's Team
7. ROWING (3 Bronze)
Bronze: 1. Swarn Singh in Men's Single Sculls
2. Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, Bajrang Lal Takhar, Robin Ulahannan, Sawan Kumar, Mohammad Azad, Maninder Singh,
Davinder Singh, Mohammed Ahmed in Men's Eight
3. Dushyaht Dushiant in Lightweight Men's Single Sculls
8. SAILING (1 Bronze)
Bronze: 1. Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan in 29er Women's Two Person Dinghy
9. SHOOTING (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 7 Bronze)
Gold: Jitu Rai in Men's 50m Pistol
Silver: 1. Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar in Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol Team
Bronze: 1. Shweta Chaudhry in Women's 10m Air Pistol
2. Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed and Heena Sidhu in Women's 25m Pistol Team
3. Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh and Vasha Varman in Women's Double Trap Team
4. Abhinav Bindra in Men's 10m Air Rifle
5. Chain Singh in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
6. Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput in Men's 10m Air Rifle Team
7. Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung and Prakash Nanjappa in Men's 10m Air Pistol Team
10. SQUASH (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)
GOLD: Saurav Ghosala, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Kush Kumar
SILVER: 1. Saurav Ghosal in Men's Singles
2. Dipika Pallikal, Joshana Chinappa, Anaka Alankamony and Aparajitha Balamurukan in Women's Team
BRONZE: Dipika Pallikal in Women's Singles
11. SWIMMING (1 Bronze)
BRONZE: Sandeep Sejwal in Men's 50m Breaststroke
12. TENNIS (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Gold: Sania Mirza and Saketh Myneni in Mixed Doubles
Silver: Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh in Men's Doubles
Bronze: 1. Yuki Bhambri in Men's Singles
2. Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan in Men's Doubles
3. Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare in Women's Doubles
13. WRESTLING (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Gold: Yogeshwar Dutt in Men's Freestyle 65kg
Silver: Bajrang in Men's Freestyle 61kg
Bronze: 1. Vinesh in Women's Freestyle 48kg
2. Geetika Jakhar in Women's Freestyle 63kg
3. Narsingh Yadav in Men's Freestyle 74kg
14. WUSHU (2 Bronze)
Bronze: 1. Narender Grewal in Men's Sanda -60kg
2. Santhoi Devi in Women's Sanda -52kg
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Important Points:
1. Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final in Squash
2. Dipika Pallikal won bronze medal the first by an Indian woman squash player
3. Khushbir Kaur (21-year-old) became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walking in the Asian Games
4. Indian boxer L Sarita Devi stunned officials and spectators by refusing to accept the bronze medal, match held b/w
South Korea's Jina Park
5. M C Mary Kom became the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games
Pro Kabaddi League: The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the
Indian Premier League.
Owner Mashal Sports
Director Charu Sharma
No. of Teams 8
Winner - Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated U Mumba
Club Name
City
Owners
Captain
Bengal Warriors
Kolkata
Nilesh Shinde
Bengaluru Bulls
Bangalore
Manjit Chillar
Dabang Delhi
Delhi
Radha Kapoor
Jasmer Singh
Jaipur
Abhishek Bacchan
Navneet Gautam
Patna Pirates
Patna
Rajesh Shah
Rakesh Kumar
Puneri Paltan
Pune
Sumanlal Shah
Wazir Singh
Telugu Titans
Vizag
Veera Sports
Rajaguru
Subramanian
U Mumba
Mumbai
Ronnie Screwwala
Anup Kumar
IPTL - International Premiere Tennis League is a tennis championship league that is set to launch in November
2014, and will be held across four cities: Manila, Dubai, Delhi and Singapore. The tournament was the idea of Mahesh
Bhupathi and is styled on the Indian Premier League. Number of Teams: 4 team from 4 countries
Teams are 1. Manila Mavericks 2. UAE Royals 3. Indian Aces
4. Singapore Slammers
Note: Rafael Nadal withdrew from the league due to health problems. He is replaced by Roger Federer in the Indian team
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BADMINTON
Gold Medal in Badminton
1. Parupalli Kashyap: Parupalli Kashyap in Mens Badminton final defeated Singapores Derek Wong
Note: Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian man in 32 years to win badminton gold at the Games.
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2. Argentina
7. Brazil
3. Netherland
8. Spain
4. Colombia
5. Belgium
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Tennis:
US Open 2014:
1. Mens Single - Croatia's Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori
of Japan in straight sets to clinch the title
Note: World No.14 Cilic claimed his first Grand Slam title with
the win in his first appearance in a Grand Slam final.
2.Womens Single - Serena Williams defeated Caroline
Wozniazki of Denmark to won 3rd consecutive US Open Title
Note: With this win Williams joined the Tennis greats Chris
Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 Grand Slam titles.
3. Mike and Bob Bryan won fifth U.S. Tennis Open men's
doubles title
4. Mixed Doubles - Sania Mirza - Bruno Soares win mixed
doubles title by defeated American-Mexican team of Abigail
Spears and Santiago Gonzalez
Note: This was Sania's first US Open and career's third Mixed
Doubles Grand Slam title.
Note: Kei Nishikori became the first man from Japan to reach
the U.S. Open semifinals in 96 years, defeated Stan Wawrinka
of Switzerland.
Note: The last Japanese semifinalist at the U.S. Open
was Ichiya Kumagae in 1918. No man from the country had
made it to the final four at any major tournament since Jiri
Satoh at Wimbledon in 1933.
Wimbledon 2014:
1. Mens Title: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer to win his second Men's Wimbledon title and seventh career
Grand Slam.
2. Womens Title: Petro Kvitova defeated Eugenie Bouchard to win Wimbledon title
French Open 2014:
1. Mens Title: Rafael Nadal clinches record ninth French Open title. He defeated Novak Djokovic in the final.
Note: Rafal Nadal now won 14 Grand Slam singles titles till now.
2. Womens Title: Maria Sharapova defeat Simona Halep to win French Open Title second time.
Note: Maria Sharapova won 5th Grand Slam title.
Australian Open 2014:
1. Mens Single: Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his first Grand Slam title by defeating Rafael Nadal
2. Womens Single: Li Na (China) defeat Dominika Cibulkova. Li Na becomes first Chinese woman to clinch title.
3. Womens Doubles: Errani and Roberta Vinci beat Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina
Hockey World Cup 2014:
1. Mens Title: Australia defeated Netherland in the final.
Note: Australia won the title for the second time,
2. Womens Title: Netherland defeated Australia in the final.
Note: Netherland won the title for the seventh time,
Note: Indian men's hockey team rank 9th in latest word hockey rankings.
Hockey World Cup 2018 Venue:
1. Mens Hockey World Cup India
2. Womens Hockey World Cup - England
ICC World Cup Cricket Venue:
ODI: (One day International):
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to win the
India slipped eights places to be ranked 158th in the latest FIFA rankings
Europe retains Golf's Ryder Cup by defeating United States
Leander Paes along with his new partner Marcin Matkowski lifted the ATP Malaysian Open title
Union Ministry of Sports inaugurated National Academies for Athletics & Golf in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
BCCI extends tenure of Ravi Shastri as team India director till 2015 World Cup
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh of Australia selected as Bradman Honouree 2014
Marvan Atapattu's is new Sri Lanka Coach.
Sania Mirza & Cara Black win doubles title at WTA Toray Pacific Open
ICC World Cricket League, WCL Division 3 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia capital.
Note: The six teams competing in the event are Bermuda, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Uganda and the USA.
10. Boxer Manoj Kumar wins court battle against govt, to get Arjuna Award
11. Hockey India inducted -Hockey Village India as an academy member
12. AIBA Executive Committee Bureau formally recognised Boxing India as the provisional AIBA National Federation to
represent the sport of boxing in India.
13. USA won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 defeating Serbia
14. Chitresh Tatha is the youngest sailor at the Asian Games 2014
15. Sabine Lisicki won Hong Kong Open Title defeating Karolina Pliskova
16. H S Prannoy won Indonesian masters title (Badminton) defeated Indonesian Firman Abdul Kholik
17. Meghalaya's Edward Mawthoh has bagged a bronze medal at the World Kickboxing Championships
18. ICC suspends Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal for illegal bowling action.
19. Lewis Hamilton showed won Italian Grand Prix.
20. Sudhakar Jayant wins gold at World Masters Weightlifting Championships
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21. Ritu Rani to lead Indian women's hockey team at Asian Games
22. Cricket legend Kapil Dev has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lords in
London.
23. BCCI signs five-year agreement with MRF Pace Foundation
Note: Glenn McGrath, director of the foundation and former Australian pace bowler, will train the players. McGrath who
played for Australia for 14 years was himself trained in the foundation under Dennis Lillee in 1992.
24. India won the five matches ODI series 3-1 against England. The first match of the series was washed out due to rain
without a ball being bowled. However, India won the second, third and fourth matches of the series but suffered a defeat
by the hands of England in the fifth and the final match. Man-of-the-Series Suresh Raina
25. Carolina Marin became the first Spaniard to win World Badminton Championship by defeating Li Na
26. India captain Mithali Raj remains Number One Batswoman in ICC Rankings
27. Cristiano Ronaldo named the UEFA Best Player in Europe
28. Zimbabwe beat Australia for first time in 31 years. captain Elton Chigumbura's
29. 2nd Summer Youth Olympics Games held in Nanjing, China
30. Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul bagged India's first medal of the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
31. Hockey India inducts Madhya Pradesh as new 23rd Associate Member.
Note: i. Prior to being the associate member of Hockey India, Hockey Madhya Pradesh was known as Madhya Pradesh
Hockey Association
ii. Hockey India currently has 25 permanent, 23 associate, 2 members through State Olympic Associations, 6 Academy
members and 1 Hoc-Key Member.
iii. Nitin Dhimole is the President and Lok Bahadur is the General Secretary of the Hockey Madhya Pradesh.
32. Kush Kumar became first Indian player to reach semi final of World Junior Squash Championship.
33. Ravichandran Ashwin nominated for 2014 Arjuna Award
34. Roger Federer Wins Milestone 300th Masters Match: Roger Federer became the first man to win 300 matches at the ATP
Masters 1000 level, beating Vasek Pospisil in Cincinnati.
35. Real Madrid won UEFA Football Super Cup in Cardiff
36. Paragliding World Cup Association selected Himachal Pradesh as a venue to host the 2015 para-gliding World Cup.
Note: This will be the first para-gliding World Cup to be hosted in India. The tournament will be organised under the aegis
of Para-gliding World Cup Association, France.
37. Jammu and Kashmir to host Football Federation Cup in August 2015
38. Dutch teenager Max Verstappen to become youngest Formula One driver
39. South African all-rounder cricketer Jacques Kallis, announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket.
40. German Sabine Lisicki created a record of fastest serve at 131 miles per in the womens tennis.
41. Hero MotoCorp named title sponsor of ISL. Indian Super League -- the first-of-its-kind franchise-based football league in
the country.
42. Philipp Lahm, the captain of Germanys football team announced his retirement from international game .
43. Italys Vincenzo Nibali wins 101st edition of Tour de France
44. English all-rounder Moeen Ali has been banned from wearing Save Gaza and Free Palestine wristbands till the
remainder of the third Test match against India in Southampton
45. Irishman Rory McIlroy won the British Golf Open Championship 2014
46. Durand Cup football tournament 2014: The third oldest football tournament in the world, Durand Cup, will be held in Goa
between October 28 and November 9 this year.
47. Nico Rosberg wins Austrian Grand Prix Title 2014.
48. 35th National Games to be held in Kerala next year.
Note: Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of 35th National Games.
49. China defeated Japan to won Uber Cup 2014 of badminton
50. Japan defeated Malaysia to lift maiden Thomas Cup Badminton trophy 2014.
51. Japan beat Australia in Women's Asian Cup Football final.
52. Asia Cup Title 2014: Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan to win the title.
53. Ranji Trophy 2014. Karnataka beat Maharashtra to lift the title. Karnataka have won the trophy for seventh time.
54. Irani Trophy 2014: Karnataka won by defeating Rest of India.
55. India claim U-19 Asia Cup title by defeating Pakistan in final
56. Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014: Karnataka won the title by defeating Railways
57. Deodhar Trophy 2014: West Zone lifted the trophy after defeating North Zone in the final
58. 68th Santosh Trophy : Mizoram defeat Railways to win the title.
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9. Pakistan test fired short range nuclear capable missile Hatf IX short range surface-to-surface missile. It is a nuclear capable
ballistic missile with a maximum range of 60 kilometer
10. IRNSS - 1C, the next satellite in Indias IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System) series, is set to be launched
on October 9 by ISRO.
Note: IRNSS 1C will be launched on a PSLV C26 from Sriharikota. The satellite is similar to, and follows the IRNSS 1A and
1B which were launched in April 2013 and July 2014 respectively.
IRNSS is a navigation system that will cover India, and also
extend 1,500 kms from its boundaries.
11. INS Kolkata : Prime Minister Narendra Modi
commissioned INS Kolkata at the Naval base in Mumbai. INS
Kolkata is biggest and most powerful guided missiledestroyer.
12. INS Kamorta: India's first indigenously built Anti-submarine warship inducted into the Navy.
13. PM dedicates two hydro power projects in Leh and Kargil: (i) 44 MW Chutak hydro-electric project in Kargil district
and (ii) 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo project in Leh district.
Note: i. The Chutak Hydroelectric Plant is a run-of-the-river power project on the Suru River
ii. The Nimoo Bazgo power station is located on river Indus.
14. China unveiled its next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng 41 (DF-41).
Note: DF-41 with its long range has similar abilities to the US rocket Minuteman, which has a range of 13000 km or
Russian RS-24M Yars.
15. The Indian Air Force received its sixth C-17 Globemaster heavy lift transport aircraft which also carried a World War II
vintage 'Harvard' aircraft in its belly.
16. Indo-Russia pact planned to develop a sleeker and faster 'mini' version of BrahMos missile
17. Malabar Naval exercise 2014 held in the Pacific Ocean. The Exercise Malabar is a joint naval exercise first conducted as a
bilateral one between the US and Indian navies in 1992. Japan participates in the Malabar exercises for the third time since
it first participated in 2007.
18. Indo-Russian joint venture firm BrahMos Aerospace is developing a smaller version of the 290-km supersonic cruise
missile for enabling its deployment on submarines and smaller fighter aircraft such as MiG 29
Headquarter of International Organisation
UNO
- New York
UNICEF
- New York
UNESCO
Paris
WHO
Geneva
UNFPA
- New York
SAARC
Kathmandu
World Bank - Washington D.C
ADB
- Manila
IMF
-Washington DC
WTO
Geneva (Switzerland)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) Vienna (Austria)
Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta
(Indonesia)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org)Brussels
(Belgium)
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